Aligarh: Voicing concern over status of minorities, including their low level of education and rampant poverty, India-born American entrepreneur Frank Islam today said their progress and that of other disadvantaged groups was crucial to Indias economic growth.
“The statistics on the status of minorities, including their low level of education and rampant poverty in India are stunning,” he said at the 63rd Annual Convocation of the Aligarh Muslim University (AMU) here.
Islam, Chairman of the Frank Islam Investment Group in the USA, said that he was proud of the fact that India has become the “fastest growing economy” in the world but cautioned that in spite of this progress, if minorities and those who are “socially, educationally and economically disadvantaged” remain in poverty and without education, the nation as a whole would suffer.
“Indias minorities must be active participants in shaping the future of the countrys inclusive economic growth. When they move ahead on the ladder of success, they will change the face of India and the world,” he said.
Referring to the role of AMU in nation building, Islam said, “In you I see the future of India. We are living in troubled times because of divisive forces and religious extremism at play.”
He noted that more than ever, the world needs young men and women, who through their education are able to solve the critical problems by their commitment to humanism and world peace.
Islam, an alumnus of the university, said AMU was an “inseparable part of his life that shaped his story and determined his destiny”.
The entrepreneur along with noted cardiologist Ashok Seth, was awarded the honorary degree of Doctor of Science at the convocation today.
More than 400 students were awarded degrees of M Phil and PhD today. Apart from this, more than 5,000 graduate and postgraduate degrees were also awarded. 200 medals were distributed to meritorious students of the varsity on the occasion.–PTI
Yes he is correct. Muslim in India are very much religious sensitive people. Few of my colleagues who are highly educated, still I found them they are arguing everything from a religion prospective. This is dangerous. The educated Muslim’s in India should educated other Muslim of their community. They should bring the awareness of science, technology, economics among the backward people of the community.
WE ARE NOT HIGHLY SENSITIVE ,WE JUST GO BY QURAN AND OTHER AUTHENTIC BOOKS.
WE KNOW THE CONSEQUENCES OF IGNORING MINOR ISSUES.I MYSELF IS HIGHLY EDUCATED AND NOT PRACTICISNG MUSLIM BUT HAVE STRONG FAITH IN ISLAM..
WHY THERE ARE SO MANY SCAMS AND HUNDREDS OF THOUSANDS OF SOCIA L EVILS,WHY THERE ARE PEOPLE LEFT TO DIE.
WHY THERE WERE SO MANY RAPES DAILY IN DELHI ,DO YOU THINK INDIA IS POOR, GO INTO THE CITIES AN,SEE SANITARY CONDITIONS ROADS AND OTHER AMENITIES ,
WITH TRILLIRON OF DOLLARS OF SCAMS HOW CAN YOU HELP POOR AND NEEDY.
GREED IS ROOT CAUSE OF ALL EVILS.
THIS WHAT QURAN WARNS AGAIN AND AGAIN,WITH SO MUCH TECHNOLOGY WHY THERE IS SOCIAL CHAOS IN INDIA ,DONT SAY IT IS BECAUSE OF MUSLIMS ..WE ARE HOLDING TO WHAT OTHERS HAVE COMPLETELY FORGOTTEN AND HINDUS SLOWLY DRIFTING AWAY…..I MEAN RELIGION..
TAKE ALL RELIGIONS ,THE VERY FOUNDATION OF ALL RELIGIONS IS WORSHIP OF ONE GOD ,THAT IS ALSO THE MESSAGE OF VEDAS AND BHAGWAT GITA.
CAN YOU SHOW ME SINGLE PLACE OF WORSHIP WHERE ONE GOD OF VEDAS IS WORSHIPPED.
QURAN WARNS OF SOCIAL ISSUES WHICH WII DESTROY TO AND HUMNAITY,THAT IS WHAT YOU SEE IN IRAQ AFGHANISTA,SYRIA ELSE WHERE.
UNITED STATES AND RUSSIA ,UK,FRANCE ARE MOST DEVELOPED COUNTRIES ,WHAT THEY BROUGHT TO VIETNAM,POOR VIETNAMESE WERE EITHER KILLED BY SIDING WITH AMERICANS AND RUSSIAN.
BOTH ARE IRRELIGIOUS COUNTRIES .AMERICANS HARDLY FOLLOW BIBLE ,AND RUSSIANS OUTRIGHT REJECT EXISTANCE OF GOD….
EVERY TIME THE SO CALLED DEVELOPED COUNTRIES CALL ALL CAPITAL PUNISHMENTS IN ARAB COUNTRIES INHUMAN .
BUT LOVE TO READ DAILY RAPES MURDERS IN NEWS PAPAERS ,TAKE FIGURE OF MURDERS IN DEVELOPED COUNTRIES AND THE CAPITAL PUNISHMENT IN ISLAMIC COUNTRIES….
I CAN WRITE IN DETAILS …LOOK INTO FARMER’S SUICIDES AND OUR SCAMS …AND MONEY INVOLVED ,IF WONT OPEN YOUR EYES,THEN THINK SOMETHING SERIOUSLY WRONG WITH YOUR THINKINNG.
* Coal scandal = $40 billion (Upper caste)
* Vodafone tax Scandal = $1.9 billion (Upper caste)
* Saradha Group scandal = $4 billion(Upper caste)
* IGI Airport scandal = $32 billion(Upper caste)
* Granite scandal in Tamil Nadu – $2.8 billion(Upper caste)
* Maharashtra Irrigation scandal – $12 billion(Upper caste)
* Kinetic Finance scandal = $34 million(Upper caste)
* Ultra Mega Power Projects scandal – $5 million(Upper caste)
* Karnataka Wakf Board Land scandal = $39 billion(Upper caste)
* Andhra Pradesh land scandal = $20 billion(Upper caste)
* Central Excise Duty fraud = $3.82 billion(Upper caste)
* Gujarat PSU = $3.39 billion(Upper caste)
* Maharashtra stamp duty scandal = $126 million(Upper caste)
* Highway scandal = $13.97 million(Upper caste)
* Gift scandal = $100,000(Upper caste)
* Pulse scandal = $200,000/month(Upper caste)
* Flying Club fraud = $38 million(Upper caste)
* Kashmir Cricket Association scandal = $10 million (MC)
* Punjab paddy scandal = $3.59 million(Upper caste)
* Arvind Joshi and Tinu Joshi = $50 million(Upper caste)
* Uttar Pradesh seed scandal = $9.98 million(Upper caste)
* Obsolete French Fighter Jets = $11 billion(Upper caste)
* NHRM = $2 billion(BC)
* Goa mining scandal = $700 million(Upper caste)
* Noida Corporation farm land scandal = $40 million(SC)
* Bellary mines scandal = $3.2 billion(Upper caste)
* Kashyap EPFO scandal = $118 million(Upper caste)
* Hasan Ali Khan = $8 billion(MC)
* ISRO-Devas = $300 million(Upper caste)
* Cash-for-votes = $715,000(Upper caste)
* 2G spectrum(FC/BC/SC/ST communities/MC) = $6.9 billion
* Adarsh Housing Society(Upper caste)
* Commonwealth Games = $15.5 billion(Upper caste)
* LIC Housing Loan scandal = $200 million(Upper caste)
* Belekeri port = $12 billion(Upper caste)
* Lavasa = $80 million(Upper caste)
* Uttar Pradesh Food Grain = $44 billion(BC)
* APIIIC = $2 billion(Upper caste)
* IPL Cricket = $8 billion(Upper caste)
* Madhu Koda = $800 million(SC)
* UIDAI = $1 billion(Upper caste)
* Vasundhara Raje land scandal = $4.4 billion(Upper caste)
* Satyam = $1 billion(Upper caste)
* Scorpene Deal = $10 million(Upper caste)
* Natwar Singh = $10 billion(Upper caste)
* Gegong Apang PDS = $200 million(ST)
* Taj corridor = $44 million(SC)
* Ketan Parekh = $200 million(Upper caste)
* Barak Missile = $200 million(Upper caste)
* Calcutta Stock Exchange = $2 million(Upper caste)
* Cobbler scandal = $214 million(Upper caste)
* Sukh Ram = $5 million(Upper caste)
* SNC Lavalin = $10 million(Upper caste)
* Advani Hawala = $18 million(Upper caste)
* Bihar fodder = $211 million(BC)
* Bhansali = $200 million(Upper caste)
* Pickle bribes = $20,000(Upper caste)
* Telgi scandal = $4.46 billion(MC)
* JMM bribes = $59,000(ST)
* Sugar import = $130 million(MC)
* Harshad Mehta = $800 million(Upper caste)
* Indian Bank = $260 million(Upper caste)
* Bofors = $400 million(Upper caste)
* HDW commissions = $4 million(Upper caste)
* Antulay = $6 million(MC)
* Nagarwala = $1 million(Upper caste)
* Haridas Mundhra = $10 million(Upper caste)
* Kuo oil scandal = $440,000(Upper caste)
* Teja loans = $5 million(Upper caste)
* BHU = $100,000(Upper caste)
* Jeep scandal = $160,000(Upper caste)
WE HAVE HUNDREDS OF SCIENTISTS AND ENGINEERS ,WHAT IS GOOD INDIAN SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY DOING,WHY FARMERS COMMITTING SUICIDES…..
MATERIAL GREED AND WEALTH MAKE AA MAN INHUMAN THAT IS WHY FARMERS ARE LEFT TO DIE…
ABOVE SCAM IS ONLY TIP OF ICEBERG..
AND WE HOLD QURAN SO MUCH LOVE AND DEVOTIONS BECAUSE IT WARNS OF DEVILISH MONSTERS EAT PUBLIC MONEY AND DO NOT HAVE AN IOTA OF SYMPATHY FOR SUFFERING WHILE THEY ENJOY PARTIES IN GOA AND 5 STAR HOTEL
HAVING GOOD EDUCATION IS NOT INDICATION OF FORWARDNESS, BEING A GOOD HUMAN MAKES A MAN SUPER …A GOOD MAN IS HAPPY EVEN IN SMALL SALARY AND A GREEDY LECHEROUS MAN IS LIKE A MONSTER WHOSE STOMACH CAN NOT BE FILLED EVEN IF YOU PUT HUGE FOOD IN HIS TUMMY…